The Two Yetzers

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Hebrew Bible

Genesis 2:7 Genesis 4:7

Deuterocanon

Sirach 15:14

New Testament

Galatians 5:9 Romans 7:1 Romans 7:5 Romans 7:7 Romans 7:8 Romans 7:10 Romans 7:11 1 Corinthians 5:6 Matthew 6:13 James 1:14 John 8:34

Targum

Pseudo Jonathan Genesis 2:7 Neofiti Genesis 4:7

Rabbinic

Jerusalem Yoma 6.4 Berakhot 17a Berakhot 60b Shabbat 30a Yoma 72b Sukkah 52b Chagigah 16a Genesis Rabbah 22 Genesis Rabbah 9:7 Genesis Rabbah 14:4 Ruth Rabbah 3 Siddur Ashkenaz Exodus Rabbah 5

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The concept of the two inclinations, the “yetzer ha-tov” (the good inclination) and the “yetzer ha-ra” (the evil inclination), is most fully developed in Rabbinic theology, where it plays a central role in understanding the internal moral struggle. These ideas also appear in earlier Jewish literature from the intertestamental period, such as the Dead Sea Scrolls and Sirach, and are also referred to in the New Testament, where similar internal tensions are discussed.

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